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Monday, January 13, 2014

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Task Force, in conjunction
with officers from the City of Miami Police Department and City of Miami Beach
Police, have arrested 3 local adults in the forced prostitution and commercial
exploitation of a 13 year old runaway girl.

As outlined in the arrest
material, a 13 year old girl who had run away from home on 12/10/2013 was
located by her mother on 1/6/2014 in the area of North Miami Avenue and NE 55
Street. The 13 year old was forced to
prostitute herself for the benefit of her exploiters and later forced to dance
as an exotic nude dancer after she refused to continue to engage in
prostitution. Her earnings as a nude
dancer were surrendered to her exploiters.
Defendant San Vincente supervised and tutored the 13 years old on how to
work the nude club scene and how to maximize her tip earnings for the benefit
of the 3 exploiters.

“This sad case shows how quickly
human traffickers locate their young prey and turn them from children into cash
producing machines,” commented Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez
Rundle. “Sadly, to human traffickers,
destroying a helpless child’s life is unimportant when compared to the
consistent flow of cash into their pockets.
The people of this community will not tolerate this. With the help of my Human Trafficking Task
Force and my specialized Human Trafficking prosecutors, we will end this
hideous practice.”